Winter solstice ( 冬至 ), as the name shows, means the coming of winter. As an important solar term（节气）in the traditional Chinese calendar, it is also a traditional holiday for Chinese, which is also called “冬节”， “长至节”，“亚岁”, etc. Generally, winter solstice occurs between December 21st and 23rd. According to the traditional Chinese calendar, five days constitutes（组成）a pentad and three pentads constitutes a solar term. One year is divided into twelve periods and twelve climates which are regarded as twenty-four solar terms. The Winter Solstice is one of twenty-four solar terms. On this day, in the Northern Hemisphere（北半球） the period of daytime is the shortest of the year and the period of night is longest. . In Northern China during winter solstice there is a custom of eating dumplings.
There are _________ solar terms in a year.
| A．twelve | B． five |
| C．thirty-one | D．twenty-four |
People often eat _________ during winter solstice
| A．dumplings | B．mooncakes |
| C．noodles | D．chicken |
Winter solstice is in __________.
| A．January | B．September |
| C．December | D．October |
On winter solstice the period of night is ________in China.
| A．darkest | B．the shortest |
| C．the longest | D．brightest |
Which day has the longest daytime in China?
| A．Summer solstice | B．The beginning of spring |
| C．Grain full | D．The beginning of autumn |
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（1）Martin told me something interesting about him.He was on vacation in the United States last summer.He stayed in a hotel and there was a big fire（火）in the room next to his room.He thought he heard a baby crying,（2） he ran into the room with fire.When he got in, he saw that the TV was on and found that the baby was on TV, so Martin took the television and ran out of the room.Then the firemen came and put out（扑灭）the fire.
将文中（1）划线句子翻译成汉语。
在文中（2）空白处填上一个合适的连词。
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
Where did Martin go on vacation last summer?What happened（发生）to the hotel?
Who put out the fire?
C
I will never forget my first English class.It is very interesting.It’s the first class in the morning.The teacher goes into the classroom with a smile on his face.At the beginning, he makes a self-introduction（自我介绍）.And he tells us that his English name is John.Then he asks all of us to think of English names for ourselves.We are very excited（兴奋的） to find a good name.Then he asks us to write our names down on a piece of paper.I think about my English name for a long time.Then I come up with（想出） a beautiful name ---Shirley.All the students write their names down and give the paper to the teacher.When the teacher calls “Shirley” to answer his question, three girls stand up at the same time.What do we do in the first English class?
| A．Tell the teacher our Chinese names. |
| B．Find English names for ourselves. |
| C．See an English film. |
| D．Draw pictures. |
What does our teacher do first?
| A．He asks every student to make a self-introduction. |
| B．He introduces（介绍） himself to all of us. |
| C．He asks us many difficult questions |
| D．He tells us a story. |
What’s the English name of our English teacher?
| A．Jack | B．Shirley | C．John | D．Tom |
Where do we write down our English names?
| A．On the blackboard | B．On the desk |
| C．On our hands | D．On the paper |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．The teacher gives every student an English name |
| B．Our teacher is a young girl |
| C．Three girls choose（选择）the name “Shirley” |
| D．The teacher calls our Chinese names in class |
B
Many people do not like to stay at home on holidays.They want to go out to see something different or do something exciting.So people from the country come to the city and people from the city go to the country for holidays.During the holidays, trains, buses and planes are all very busy.It is a little hard to buy train tickets, bus tickets or air tickets.Many people take cars for traveling.
Last May Day my family went to the country by car for our holiday.There was too much traffic on the road, so we had to move very slowly.It took us about an hour to get out of the town.After some time, we came to a farm.It was clean and beautiful.The animals were very cute.We thought it was a nice place for a picnic, so we stopped and took the food, fruit and drinks out of the car.We sat down under a big green tree.Suddenly a strong wind blew and soon it started to rain.We had to run back to our car and have our picnic in the car.Then we drove back home.What a bad trip!
Many people don’t like to stay at home on holidays because .
| A．they have much money |
| B．the weather is pretty cool |
| C．they want to see something different |
| D．they want to see different people |
The family went to for holidays last May Day.
| A．the beach | B．the country |
| C．the city | D．the park |
Last May Day the family trip was .
| A．interesting | B．relaxing |
| C．awful | D．exciting |
The writer and his/her family went on their holidaylast May Day.
| A．by train | B．by plane | C．by bus | D．by car |
What is the Chinese meaning of the underlined word “blew”?
| A．蓝色 | B．吹；刮 | C．吹气 | D．卷起 |
A
I have four good friends.They are Bob, Helen, Dale and Cindy.Bob is very tall.He is of medium build.He has short straight hair.He likes playing soccer and he is the captain of our school soccer team.He is very popular.Helen is thin and she is of medium height.She is very beautiful.She has two big eyes and long black hair.She likes music and she often sings and dances.She can sing well.Dale is a good student.He is of medium height and build.He studies hard and he is good at his schoolwork.He likes reading and playing chess.Cindy is a little bit short.She often wears a red skirt and white shoes.She likes to tell jokes.She never stops talking.I like my good friends.We help each other.
Bob’s hair is .
| A．long and curly | B．short and curly |
| C．short and straight | D．long and straight |
Helen has two eyes and black hair.
| A．big; long | B．big; short |
| C．small; long | D．small; short |
is good at schoolwork.
| A．Bob | B．Dale | C．Helen | D．Cindy |
is the shortest of the four students.
| A．Bob | B．Dale | C．Helen | D．Cindy |
Cindy likes .
| A．telling jokes | B．Talking |
| C．Studying | D．both A and B |
D
Sonia has a sports collection. She has ten tennis rackets, seven basketballs, four volleyballs and five soccer balls. She plays tennis every day and she is in the school tennis club.
Susan also has a sports collection. She has five baseballs, six volleyballs, three ping-pong bats and many ping-pong balls. Oh, she also has two soccer balls. But she doesn't play sports. She only watches them.
Sandy doesn't play sports, and she doesn't have any（任何的） balls.Sonia has volleyballs.
| A．4 | B．6 | C．10 | D．12 |
Sonia plays every day.
| A．ping-pong | B．tennis |
| C．baseball | D．soccer |
Susan doesn't have a .
| A．volleyball. | B．basketball |
| C．baseball | D．ping-pong ball |
has two soccer balls.
| A．Susan | B．Sonia |
| C．Sandy | D．Susan and Sonia |
Sandy has ball（s）.
| A．5 | B．7 | C．0 | D．12 |